Tag Archives: Maaya Sakamoto

Composer of the Month – Yoko Kanno

By Anime Instrumentality Staff | Published: March 1, 2011

Overview: Among the most prolific of anime composers, Yoko Kanno stands as one of the most loved and sought-after songwriters in the industry. Her works are particularly notable for covering a huge swath of genres; from the pumping synth-techno of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex to the sweeping spiritual chanting of Earth Girl [...]

Posted in Composer Profiles | Also tagged Composer Profile, Cowboy Bebop, Earth Girl Arjuna, Escaflowne, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Jazz, Macross Frontier, Macross Plus, Magnetic Rose, orchestral, Please Save My Earth, Porco Rosso, Rock, Sousei no Aquarion, Turn A Gundam, Wolf's Rain, Yoko Kanno | 17 Comments

Tamayura Original Soundtrack – Review

By zzeroparticle | Published: January 16, 2011

Album Title: Tamayura Original Soundtrack Anime Title: Tamayura Artist: Nobuyuki Nakajima, Yumi Matsutoya, Antonín Dvořák, Katsutoshi Kitagawa, DEPAPEPE, Maaya Sakamoto, Megumi Nakajima Catalog Number: VTCL-60234 Release Type: Soundtrack Release Date: December 22, 2010 Purchase at: CDJapan, Play-Asia

Posted in Soundtrack Reviews | Also tagged Antonín Dvořák, Depapepe, easy listening, Katsutoshi Kitagawa, Megumi Nakajima, Nobuyuki Nakajima, Piano, slice of life, Tamayura, Yumi Matsutoya | 16 Comments

Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru/Tamayura OP Single – Down Town/Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara – Review

By zzeroparticle | Published: October 23, 2010

Album Title: Down Town / Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara Anime Title: Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru; Tamayura Artist: Maaya Sakamoto, Tatsurou Yamashita, Takayuki Hattori, Yumi Arai, Depapepe, Kazuhiko Kato, J.A.M. Catalog Number: VTCL-35092 Release Type: OP/ED Single Release Date: October 20, 2010 Purchase at: CDJapan

Posted in Soundtrack Reviews | Also tagged Depapepe, J.A.M, Kazuhiko Kato, OP/ED, Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru, Takayuki Hattori, Tamayura, Tatsurou Yamashita | 17 Comments

Reminiscing over the Decade’s Anime Music – 2003

By zzeroparticle | Published: February 6, 2010

2003 brings back a lot of fond memories since that was the year that my interest in the medium was rekindled after going on a one-year hiatus. By that time, I had completely settled into my new environment, made quite a few friends, and more importantly, I had a sense of direction. That peace of [...]

Posted in Editorials | Also tagged Chrono Crusade, Decade List, Dolce Triad, Full Metal Alchemist, Full Metal Panic: Fumoffu, Gunslinger Girl, Hitomi Kuroishi, JAM Project, Kino's Journeys, Kotaro Nakagawa, Last Exile, Michiru Ooshima, Mikuni Shimokawa, Minami Kuribayashi, Planetes, Rahxephon, Saeko Chiba, Scrapped Princess, Shingetsutan Tsukihime, Steve Conte, the delgados, Toshihiko Sahashi, Wolf's Rain, Yoko Kanno, Yuki Kajiura | 21 Comments

Anime Piece of the Week: #3 – Lost

By zzeroparticle | Published: June 6, 2009

Voting Thread Two back to back Piece of the Week posts due to a fairly busy week. At least that’s my excuse anyhow. The pieces this week give off a different vibe that isn’t quite in-your-face or emotionally charged, making it really hard to evaluate them properly and dispense with the points. Most of the [...]